r/HorrorGaming • • Aug 19 '26

AMA [AMA] Developer of T.W.I.R.L. here, a psychological horror game about identity, self-worth, and growing up in 2006. We just launched today on Steam. Ask me anything!

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Hi r/Horrorgaming!

I'm Ben, the creative director of Genie Boy Games. Today, we're launching T.W.I.R.L. on Steam!

T.W.I.R.L. is a first person psychological horror game from the perspective of a 9-year-old boy in 2006 waking up in the middle of the night from a dream where some "thing" - maybe a demon - commanded him to get out of bed, go into the room down the hall, and "T.W.I.R.L." - whatever that means.

What proceeds is a series of loops where something evil draws us through this routine, changing us and the environment upon every loop, unveiling the life story of a boy who grows up maintaining a deep, dark, and potentially sinister secret.

The game takes inspiration from movies and games like I SAW THE TV GLOW, SKINAMARINK, GONE HOME, and of course, P.T.

It was made as part of a David Lynch-themed game jam for the Haunted PS1 Community, and was published under their new "Haunted Publishing Syndicate" brand!

This is our studio's first game, and we are excited to finally share this story. The journey of sharing of our game, and talking about the themes and meanings within the story has been emotionally challenging, but tremendously fulfilling. Let us be the first to admit - this is an odd story to debut with. And it's something we get reminded of especially when trying to explain it to people without giving anything away.

We hope that T.W.I.R.L. inspires players with a feeling of reassurance, hope, and a better understanding of self.

Game-related questions are optional, but encouraged.

Here's a free code to redeem the game! 84658-6LY40-J8TAJ

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4458840/TWIRL/

Launch trailer: https://youtu.be/Oltb5huMTns

I’ll begin answering questions on August 19 at 10:30 AM PT and will be here all day.

Thanks to the r/horrorgaming mods for hosting me!

Ask me anything!


r/HorrorGaming • • Nov 24 '25

AMA-GIVEAWAY TODAY at 17:00 GMT/09:00 PT, AMA with the developers of ROUTINE

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Hello, r/HorrorGaming

This is Aaron, Jemma, and Pete from Lunar Software, the developers of the upcoming horror game, ROUTINE.

Releasing on December the 4th.

STEAM: https://store.steampowered.com/app/606160/ROUTINE/

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH5ZYM3nCP0

Today we will be hosting a live AMA at 17:00 GMT | 18:00 CET | 09:00 PT.

Please join us to talk about ROUTINE, Lunar Software, Game Development and of course Horror Games!

We also have 5 keys for ROUTINE, which we will give out to our favourite questions after launch.

Feel free to start posting questions here, and we and will do our best to answer as many as we can.

Thank you and see you all soon <3

-Lunar Software

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UPDATE [25/11/2025 - 03:10 GMT]

Thank you r/HorrorGaming for hosting this AMA, we have honestly really enjoyed it.

And of course, thanks to everyone that submitted questions, we didn't realise there would be this many, and we are now very tired! hah!

Soon we will look through everything and find our favourite 5 questions so we can get keys over to you on release day.

We wish you all the best <3
-Aaron, Jemma & Pete


r/HorrorGaming • • 10h ago

DISCUSSION What horror games are you defending like this?

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r/HorrorGaming • • 16h ago

DISCUSSION What's everyone playing for Halloween?

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We got so many great horror games this year! I wanna know what everyone's playing for the spooky season


r/HorrorGaming • • 3h ago

DISCUSSION What game was this for you?

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For me probably Outlast couldn't even get past the first 5 minutes.


r/HorrorGaming • • 1h ago

ANALYSIS Bloodborne's Most Human Horror

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Would love to hear some feedback about this. It's my Personal attempt to make a video about my favourite horror game.


r/HorrorGaming • • 5h ago

DISCUSSION What have you played this month, and what of it would you whole-heartedly reccomen.

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Ive had a nice big chunk of horror games ive played eith my spouse this month. We started with Silent hill Townfall, Moved onto silver pines, dug through the backlog and played my friendly neighborhood and

growing my grandpa (my second time, spouse's firdt time), tried the silkbulb test demo, played thrpugh tenebris somnia, did a run through of heaetworm, and now we're going through still wakes the deep for the first time.

Id happily reccomend pretty much all of it except fot maybe heartworm and silkbulb. Heartworm feels a little juvenile its story and i thinknit fails to transcend what it pulls from other games, but it was clearly a love letter to thw big three of survival horror around the late 90's early 00's (res evil, silent hill and fatal frame). Ans silkbulb test judt n3eds more time to cook i think.

i quite liked silent hill town fall, beautiful game, lotta great misdirects and a lot to think about. would have preferred mayne a couple more boss fights and one or teo more enemies, but i have a snealy suspicion we might see more from thst team in the form of a dlc. Still, visual and sound design were incredible.

i loved silver pines even though i had a bugged run and cpuldnt drop anything, and i wish the shovel had been a little more utilized than it was, felt like kind of a waste. once key items had been exhausted in usability i think i would have liked it if they went away (crank and manhole cover key) and maybe had a bit more utility. still, it was great, loved the story and the classic lynchian obscurity.

I cannot sing the praises of tenebris sombia enough. I lpve the blend of film studies, western esoteric traditions and alchemy, very fun, very smart, and a power ful story with gorgeous enemy and costume design and lovely fmv stuff. Loved it, and happily started on new game + already. Dont want to spoil it, but its fantastic.

My friendly neighbothood was a lot of fun, enemyies a littlw too spongey and tanky for my likeing, but the story saved it. I had questions, but i also saw i missed about half of the cheat tapes so its possoble i missed a chunk of the game. Still, fun idea, great gameplay and the story was fun.

Growing my grandpa is my favorite on this list. its short, bizarre, horrifying, amd immensely satisfying. im a sucker for esoterics, and ive never been disappointed with one of yames' games. no sppilers, but its just so creepy and unsettling and fun. fever dreamy as hell.

heartworm, if youre hee right time of fixed camera retro survival horr fiend, might be perfect for you. I just found i wanted more from it.

were early in still wakes, so no spoilers please, but its clear it's gorgeous and wonderfully acted so far. im excited to dig through it


r/HorrorGaming • • 5h ago

DISCUSSION Help me choose some Games i found on discount

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I found a few Games on discount i wanted to buy but i cant take them all i cant take 2 of them though so what do you guys suggest
Layers of fear 2023
Silent hill hd collection (even though i already played silent hill 2 remake)
Amnesia collection
Scorn
Resident evil 1 remake
Can you guys help me choose


r/HorrorGaming • • 1d ago

DISCUSSION Has anyone played the Fatal Frame remake?

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If so, how was it? What’s the scare factor, on a 1-10 scale?


r/HorrorGaming • • 13h ago

DISCUSSION What’s your guys least favourite resident evil enemy’s?

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So I’ve been replaying resident evil 7 recently and the games great… besides the molded, IMO there boring bullet sponges that and bland to look at and are so much worse then any other base resident evil enemy (ivy, zombies, licans, lickers). But that got me interested, what are your guys least favourite resident evil enemy (not including bosses)?, and is my criticism valid or not? Thanks!


r/HorrorGaming • • 10h ago

CONSOLE Im looking for some good ps5 and ps4 horror game recommendations

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Ive recently found an itch to play a ton of horror games, especially considering Halloween is right around the corner, im looking for recommendations of all types, also looking for lesser known titles that aren't exactly triple A, more so on the side of games like still wakes the deep, puppet combo styled games, and happy humbles burger farm. (Like said all recommendations is welcomed too)


r/HorrorGaming • • 19h ago

Considering the success of Hellraiser, would you want an Undying/Jericho remake?

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For me, Clive Barker's Hellraiser is game of the year. We've had a good share of quality games this year but goddamn what an adventure this was.

I'm a big fan of Clive Barker and his first 2 games, especially Undying which I believe it was a solid 9/10 for its time.

Would you like a remake of Undying or Jericho? Or a new game based on one of his books?


r/HorrorGaming • • 16h ago

DISCUSSION Favorite low quality horror game? (As in bad graphics or low poly resolution)

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r/HorrorGaming • • 4h ago

Silver Pines, how the heck do I get to church hill?

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I’ve done the police station, apartments and town square. Do I need to do the sewers first? The game seems to imply I should have done church hill before town hall


r/HorrorGaming • • 20h ago

PC We go to Release 🔥 Fire and Ashes

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After a huge amount of time, energy, money and cups of coffee. We still got into the release and it seems not even a bad start for a no-name Indie studio and game. 163 reviews for the week 🤗 I will be very happy if you try our game too

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1751730/FIRE_AND_ASHES/


r/HorrorGaming • • 1d ago

Arkane Studios’ Production on ‘Marvel’s Blade’ Reportedly Nearing End of Production

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r/HorrorGaming • • 5h ago

DISCUSSION Help me choose some Games i found on discount

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I found a few Games on discount i wanted to buy but i cant take them all i cant take 2 of them though so what do you guys suggest
Layers of fear 2023
Silent hill hd collection (even though i already played silent hill 2 remake)
Amnesia collection
Scorn
Resident evil 1 remake
Can you guys help me choose


r/HorrorGaming • • 1d ago

Signalis not for me

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I really really tried with Signalis, honestly I did.

I got past the first boss and just acquired the flashlight but I don’t think I can do anymore.

I know people love the art style etc but it just isn’t for me. Maybe I’m just in need of a break on the back of Silver Pines and Townfall but I just can’t carry on with this one.

What am I missing? Anybody else that feels this way about this one?

Every room has enemies that you need to dodge or kill and it’s just chaos room to room. There doesn’t seem to be a lot of calm in between to work things out. Maybe it’s just me and I expect the hate from this post, but I really did try to like it.

As a bit of extra info, I’m a survival horror player since the 90s started with RE2 and Silent Hill and been playing them ever since.


r/HorrorGaming • • 7h ago

ANALYSIS How INDIE EVIL are they?: Sir Dadadoo.

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(A series where we see how evil a Indie Horror Charecter Is.)

CASE: SIR DADADOO.

GAME: GARTEN OF BANBAN.

Evil Status: Tragic Villan to Reluctant Ally.

Sir Dadadoo is Broken, not Pure Evil but close to it.

Personality:

Sir Dadadoo is malicious, ruthless, and nearly lacks any Empathy or show that he still cares about others.

But in his prime he was determined, dedicated, and honorable.

Actions:

In Garten of Banban 6, he shows up out of no where and immediately attacks Banban and Bittergiggle, injuring them heavily. But they survive thankfully. But even after that he uses the Naughty Ones to hunt us down.

Then Off-Screen he mind controls Opila Bird, Tarta Bird, Banbaleena, Tamataki and Chamataki, Nabnaleena, Kittysaurus, and Bittergiggle against their own will.

Then he uses his army to maul Banban making him extremely injured.

Then in Garten of Banban 7 things are learned more about Sir Dadadoo, that he wasn't always this way.

Syringeon said Sir Dadadoo in his prime had a lot of ambition and determination, and leadership back then. But hes not after the Parent, hes after those who betrayed him.

There was a rebellion and Dadadoo led it so he could protect the other Cases. When they were caught, The Cases turn their back and betrayed Dadadoo, letting him to be put and trapped inside the Queen's Pouch.

And at the final confrontation with Syringeon and Dadadoo, Syringeon said "Destroy the old you, before it destroys you." He reveals that this is what Dadadoo told them when they think they lost everything. Giving them hope. This looked like Dadadoo genuinely cared about the other cases. But when Syringeon tried to get Dadadoo to change he refuses, the past can't be taken back on how long he got stuck in that pouch.

In Garten of Banban 8, he didn't get a lot of screen time as the other 2 games, but he plays a important role that will probably be in Last Ticket to the Abyss.

When we enter his prison, He says "We've both done all the dirty work for Syringeon, only to be played for fools in the end.." Which is not wrong. Syringeon was allies with both of them just for him to betray both of them.

He then makes a alliance to escape out of the prison. But this doesn't change anything about him, he even threatens to eat us if anyone hears about this.

But the Plan Fails anyway and his watching friend is killed by Sheriff Toadster.

Then as we seen in Last Ticket To The Abyss it is unkown if he will be working against or with us.

But as we seen in Teaser 3, He is standing with Brushista, Giant Opila Thing, and Mr Kabob Man in the Banban Mech. Brushista said "You need me as much as I need you." At the end of the 8th Chapter so this suggests this will be one alliance that will fight back against Flumban(Banban and Flumbo Fusion) And Sir Dadadoo might bring up the failed plan and probably blame us.

RESOLUTION:

At the end, Sir Dadadoo is definitely broken but not Pure Evil. He was betrayed by those he thought he cared about and was trapped inside the pouch. And now cause of Bittergiggle, he returns with a desire for REVENGE

Evil Rating: 8/10


r/HorrorGaming • • 13h ago

Looking for horror games from the last few years with puzzles but little to no combat (PS4/PS5/Switch/Xbox)

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Hey all! I’m looking for horror game recommendations for my dad. He’s been gaming for years and still loves horror games, but he no longer has the reflexes to really master combat, so it tends to get frustrating for him. Puzzles and exploration are what he enjoys most.

Ideally games released in roughly the last 5 years but not a must. Playable on PS4, PS5, Switch or Xbox. The less combat the better; to some extend hiding or running away is ok.

Any hidden gems or favorites you’d recommend? Thanks in advance!


r/HorrorGaming • • 1d ago

PC The Evil Within, Prey, Feed the Pit and more in Frightmare Bundle on Fanatical

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r/HorrorGaming • • 10h ago

NEWS Looking for a short horror game this Halloween? 🎃

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Hey guys!

I'm a solo developer from Austria and just released my first game, TRY, after almost a year of working on it. Still feels a bit weird to finally have it on Steam^^

If you haven't picked a game for Halloween yet, maybe give TRY a try!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4751790/


r/HorrorGaming • • 1d ago

TRAILER ‘Starship Troopers: Extermination’ Celebrates Two Years by Adding a New Bug [Trailer]

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r/HorrorGaming • • 1d ago

DISCUSSION ネクストゲームを探してる!「Signalis」はその候補だけど…

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こんにちは!今、ラブエターナルというゲームを終えて、次のゲームを探しているところ!

シルバーパインズもバッチリクリアして、かなり面白かったよ!タイトルにある通りけっこー前から「Signalis」は気になっているゲーム。もちろん、評価として面白いんだろうってことは知ってるけど、自分に合うかどうかが気になってるんだ。オススメポイント、全体的なプレイボリュームについて、実際プレイしてみて気づいたところとかを教えてほしい!

他にも、あなたのオススメのホラーゲームがあったら是非教えてください!私の好みのタイプを軽く書いておきます!

・ストーリー全体を貫くミステリーがある。
・FPSではないもの。

よかったら教えてね!


r/HorrorGaming • • 1d ago

NEWS PSA: Sker Ritual is free on Epic Games Store

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